An ice way to travel: drifting an Audi at Mt Hotham

Driving sideways on snow is more fun that you’d think, once you’ve been shown how

Rear wheel Lambo is Balboni special

LEAKED! Pictures of a Lamborghini Gallardo LP550-2 have made their way onto the 'net, and it turns out to be a tribute edition to Lambo's long time test driver.

Porsche's provocative Panamera

Ed Ged Bulmer travels to Bimmer country for the launch of the four-seat technical wunderkind.

When Hitler ran the Silver Arrows

Adolf didn't know much about understeer and oversteer but he knew how success by German companies in motor sport could be used to promote the idea of Nazi superiority.

The Ultimate Motorsport Coffee Table Book

Awesome quality is a claim that's easy to justify.

BOOK REVIEW: In Control by Bob Watson

Wato has done it all. Now he's writing about it.

Speedway's deadly decade

Speedway racing in Australia exacted a tragic toll on drivers and riders in the 1960s. A just-launched book captures some of the high-flying drama.

Lexus banks on hybrids

Japanese premium car maker says to forget diesels and biofuels; the longer term future is hybrid technology.

Prius vs Insight (again)

Maybe it's not quite the automotive equivalent of Ali vs Frazier, but the showdown between the Toyota Prius and Honda Insight hybrids nevertheless is the talk of Japan right now.

Rare 4WD Falcon honoured by Trax

Not everyone will remember the early seventies four-wheel-drive version of the XY Falcon ute.

Perfecting the pony

Wheels' US correspondent John Lamm tests 599 Fiorano's superior handling package.

Hummer, Chinese style

GM has announced the potential buyer for its Hummer brand.

Design accolade for  VE Sportwagon

Holden's slick Sportwagon takes out the 2009 Wheels Automotive Design Award.

Blood brothers - GT-R R32 v GT-R R35

Mark Skaife was instrumental in creating the legend of the original R32 Godzilla. Who better, then, to compare it with the current R35 beast-master?

Honda Aussie Racing Car

No V8 supercars for Honda, but it may dive into Aussie Racing Cars.

Gran Turismo is go

BMW has confirmed what we already knew - that the 5 Series Gran Turismo is no longer a concept.

Fast, fun, frugal - Nine car comparo

Want performance but don't want to bleed big bucks at the bowser? We rounded up nine hotties that sprint but don't slurp, then pointed them atboth track and servo forecourt...

Seeing yellow

UPDATED: Less is definitely more in the new 370Z, but an acceleration, braking and slalom exercise at the Zed launch revealed an unexpected problem ...

Go cheap

Is this the way to go? India's new budget Tata Nano has been an instant success and now Proton gearing up to offer Australia's lowest-priced sedan.

NISSAN GT-R evolves ... again.

Nissan might have stunned the supercar establishment with the R35 GT-R but that doesn't mean the Japanese maker's content to rest on its laurels. Far from it ...

Ferrari 430 Scuderia: Red roar

Ferrari's new 430 Scuderia spanks even the legendary Enzo around Fiorano. With ex-F1 driver Marc Gene at the wheel, we don't doubt that for even 60 milliseconds. Words and photos, John Lamm.

Top of the charts

Sales figures prove Honda's green Insight hybrid is far from a passing ideological fad. Peter Nunn reports from Japan ...

Honda CR-Z

Honda's plan to take petrol-electric power to the mainstream looks logical ...

Get this straight

Rolled your Roller? Mangled your Murcielago? Meet the man endorsed by the high-end Euros to turn trashed exotics back to treasure.